Factors Related to Meaning in Life Among Residents of Long-Term Care Institutions.

Background: Meaning in life plays an important role in, and is associated with all dimensions of, well-being. Finding meaning in life has been shown to increase life satisfaction in residents of long-term care (LTC) institutions, whereas social support has been found to relate positively with meaning of life. Interactions with LTC staff are the main source of social support for LTC residents.

Early postoperative intraperitoneal chemotherapy (EPIC) following cytoreductive surgery (CRS) and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) in 632 patients with pseudomyxoma peritonei of appendiceal origin: A single institution experience.

Background: There is ongoing controversy concerning the indications and benefits of early postoperative intraperitoneal chemotherapy (EPIC) following cytoreductive surgery (CRS) and hyperthermic intra-peritoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) in patients with pseudomyxoma peritonei. The main contra-indications preventing wide-spread use of EPIC are reports of an increased postoperative morbidity with no clear evidence of oncological benefit. This paper reports a single high volume institution experience with EPIC over a 25-year period.

A qualitative study on shared decision-making of patients with chronic kidney disease.

Aim: This study aims to explore the change process among chronic kidney disease patients in shared decision-making.

Design: Qualitative research is the design applied.

Method: Original transcripts from an earlier study involving a purposive sample of 31 patients with chronic kidney disease provided a source of information.

The Effects of Shared Decision Making on Different Renal Replacement Therapy Decisions in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease.

Background: The prevalence and incidence of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in Taiwan are the highest of any country in the world. The different renal replacement therapies that are adopted by patients with ESRD significantly affect their social roles and daily life. However, because of the complexities of different renal replacement therapies, patients may be unsure of which to choose.

Action research on neonatal nursing staff: Experiences caring for bubble continuous positive airway pressure patients.

The objective of this study was to understand the experiences of special care nursery (SCN) nurses tending patients on bubble continuous positive airway pressure (bCPAP). The action research (AR) method with focus group interview was used, and five focus-group interviews were conducted between November 2015 and January 2016. Twenty SCN nurses who had cared neonates on bCPAP for at least one shift were recruited and interviewed.

A preliminary study of the effectiveness of cancer communication skills training for interdisciplinary staff.

Background: Studies have emphasized that the disclosure of a diagnosis and prognosis is the doctor's responsibility, but little attention has been given to the importance of interdisciplinary cooperation.

Objective: Therefore, this study examined and compared the effectiveness of cancer communication skills training (CST) for doctors and interdisciplinary staff in Taiwan.

Methods: This study utilized a quasi-experimental design.

Substantial effects of empowerment case management on physical health of type 2 diabetic patients.

Aims And Objectives: To evaluate the effects of empowerment case management on the physical health of patients with type 2 diabetes.

Background: Diabetes is a global health issue. Case management is often used on diabetes management at various levels.

Activities of daily living trajectories among institutionalised older adults: A prospective study.

Aims And Objectives: To examine activities of daily living trajectory groups among older residents in Taiwan, and to determine the relative risks of demographic characteristics and health status in explaining the trajectory group of activities of daily living.

Background: Activity of daily living is a crucial indicator of health status for institutionalised older adults. activities of daily living is a dynamic process and has differences in trajectory groups.

[The Computer Competency of Nurses in Long-Term Care Facilities and Related Factors].

Background: It is important for nurses who work in long-term care facilities (LTCFs) to have an adequate level of computer competency due to the multidisciplinary and comprehensive nature of long-term care services. Thus, it is important to understand the current computer competency of nursing staff in LTCFs and the factors that relate to this competency.

Purpose: To explore the computer competency of LTCF nurses and to identify the demographic and computer-usage characteristics that relate significantly to computer competency in the LTCF environment.

The influence of different dialysis modalities on the quality of life of patients with end-stage renal disease: A systematic literature review.

Objectives: This study aims to generate evidence regarding the relationships of different dialysis modalities with HR-QOL.

Design: A systematic review was conducted to investigate the HR-QOL of patients treated with different dialysis modalities.

Methods: A literature search was conducted for English language articles in the CINAHL, Medline and PubMed databases published from January 1990 through May 2016.

Development of a performance scale for nurses in community-based long-term care facilities in Taiwan.

Background: There is a lack of reliable and valid performance assessments for nurses in long-term care facilities in Taiwan.

Purpose: This study develops a performance assessment instrument for nurses working in long-term care facilities.

Methods: A participatory action research approach was used to validate the performance assessment instrument.

Medication use in community-residing older adults in Taiwan: a comparison between conventional and complementary and alternative medications.

Older adults are at risk of problems of medication use including underuse, overuse, and misuse. The purposes of this study were to investigate the prevalence of the use of conventional and complementary and alternative medications (CAM) in older adults and to explore which factors related to their medication use. For this descriptive correlational study, 1,427 citizens who were 65 years old or older from two towns in Yilan County, Taiwan were interviewed by ten trained public health nurses between June and September, 2013.

Facilitators and barriers to effective smoking cessation: counselling services for inpatients from nurse-counsellors' perspectives--a qualitative study.

Tobacco use has reached epidemic levels around the World, resulting in a world-wide increase in tobacco-related deaths and disabilities. Hospitalization presents an opportunity for nurses to encourage inpatients to quit smoking. This qualitative descriptive study was aimed to explore nurse-counsellors' perspectives of facilitators and barriers in the implementation of effective smoking cessation counselling services for inpatients.

The effects of depressive symptoms on quality of life among institutionalized older adults in Taiwan.

Purpose: To explore the effect of physical health status and depressive symptoms on quality of life (QOL) and to examine whether depressive symptoms mediate the effect of physical health status on the physical and mental components of QOL among institutionalized older adults.

Design And Methods: A cross-sectional study was used to assess 306 residents from 73 long-term care facilities in Taipei, Taiwan.

Findings: We found that depressive symptoms mediated the relationship between the number of chronic diseases and activities of daily living and physical components of QOL (z = -2.

The mediating effects of job satisfaction on turnover intention for long-term care nurses in Taiwan.

Aim: This study explores the mediating effects of job satisfaction on work stress and turnover intention among long-term care nurses in Taiwan.

Background: Healthcare institutions face a nursing shortage, and it is important to examine the factors that influence turnover intention among nurses. Excessive levels of work stress may lead to employee dissatisfaction and a significant inverse relationship between work stress and job satisfaction, including subsequent effects on turnover among nurses.

The mediating effects of structural empowerment on job satisfaction for nurses in long-term care facilities.

Aims: The purpose of this study was to explore the mediating effects of work empowerment on job satisfaction for nurses in long-term care facilities in Taiwan.

Background: Previous research has noted that job satisfaction is an important factor that reflects upon the work environment and the characteristics of the job itself. It is important to link work empowerment to job satisfaction among nurses.

Associations between chewing and swallowing problems and physical and psychosocial health status of long-term care residents in taiwan: a pilot study.

Oral health is often overlooked in institutional elder care but may have an impact on general health and ability to communicate. We aimed to determine the factor associated with chewing and swallowing problems among long-term care residents in Taiwan. Staff nurses trained to evaluate oral health assessed 781 residents using relevant sections of the Minimum Data Set 2.

The effects of an educational training workshop for community leaders on self-efficacy of program planning skills and partnerships.

Aim: This aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of a 6-month educational workshop for community leaders designed to improve their confidence in health promotion programmes and to develop partnerships among the participants.

Background: It is important for public health nurses to work with community leaders to provide community-orientated services. However, only a few existing studies have reported the content and effects of training programmes aimed at enhancing the capabilities of community leaders.

Predictors of the utilization of long-term care (LTC) services among residents in community-based LTC facilities in Taiwan.

Identifying the utilization behaviors of LTC residents is necessary in order to forecast the demand and the level of resource use for health services. The purpose of this study is to understand the utilization behaviors and their predictors among residents of community-based LTC facilities in Taiwan. A prospective design was used in this study.

Exploring the components of metabolic syndrome with respect to gender difference and its relationship to health-promoting lifestyle behaviour: a study in Taiwanese urban communities.

Aims: The aim was to explore the prevalence of five components of metabolic syndrome with respect to gender and health-promoting lifestyle behaviours.

Background: Age- and gender-specific strategies might be useful as an approach to controlling metabolic syndrome. Prevention or delaying the onset of metabolic syndrome is of utmost importance in terms of chronic disease care in Taiwan.

Effectiveness of interventions using empowerment concept for patients with chronic disease: a systematic review.

Background: Chronic disease patients may undergo long periods of treatment, experience changes in their lifestyle and attitude, as well as have to maintain self-care behaviors to prevent the chronic condition from worsening or to attempt to reduce potential complications. All of the above factors could negatively impact on their quality of life. Empowerment is a patient-centered, collaborative approach tailored to match the fundamental realities of chronic disease care.

The relationship between work empowerment and work stress perceived by nurses at long-term care facilities in Taipei city.

Aim: To explore the relationships between work empowerment, including both structural and psychological empowerment and work stress among nurses at long-term care facilities in Taiwan.

Design: Cross-sectional design with a descriptive correlation.

Methods: Work empowerment includes both psychological and structural empowerment; 178 nurses participated in the study.

Haemodialysis: the effects of using the empowerment concept during the development of a mutual-support group in Taiwan.

Aims And Objective: To determine the effectiveness of using the empowerment concept during the development of a mutual-help group for haemodialysis.

Background: Haemodialysis has different impacts on patients' physical, psychological and social health. The effects of mutual-support group have been found in groups of chronic disease patients.

A Health Need Satisfaction Instrument for Taiwan's single-living older people with chronic disease in the community.

Aims: The aims of this study were to explore health needs and need satisfaction of Taiwan's single-living older people with chronic disease in the community, develop a culturally sensitive Health Need Satisfaction Instrument and examine the relationships between health needs and need satisfaction.

Background: Until now, there has been no reliable instrument for health professionals to assess, comprehensively, health needs and needs satisfaction for Chinese single-living older people with chronic disease in the community.

Design: Between-method triangulation design was used.

Relationship between organizational empowerment and job satisfaction perceived by nursing assistants at long-term care facilities.

Aim: The purpose of this study was to understand the relationships between organizational empowerment and job satisfaction among nursing assistants at long-term care facilities in Taiwan.

Background: Nursing assistants are the major manpower at long-term care facilities. The responsibilities of nursing assistants are complex and numerous and affect their job satisfaction.